vin number

[kemp2368]

Ive recently brought a 1995 C,
i no it has been imported from south Africa and trying to find a few details out about it
it previously had private plates,so waiting for log book to come back,but did do a few checks on the private plate and got history from 2000 when it came over,the Vin number checks out with the basic search IE model year etc
but the Vin starts with ADB2020286F###### ,which is 17 digits but no where reconizises it any ideas:???::???:

 

[television]

have you tried this one

http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

 

[kemp2368]

have you tried this one

http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

tried that one and does not reconizise the vin

 

[kemp2368]

i got all the details from that russian site by doing this
I believe that MB shipped chassis and parts to SA for assembly from Germany to lower the import tariff and there for the chassis may have carried an "A" as the first letter oinstead of a "W" . Try changing first letter to a W and run the vin...
it worked if anyone is having the same problem